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ProFTPd Denial of Service

Disclosed September 11, 2013 Zeroday : 690 days

Vulnerability Description:

A vulnerability within ProFTPd can be triggered when handling specially crafted TCP packets, causing a denial of service condition. This occurs during authentication.

Vendors:

ProFTPd

Vulnerable Software/Devices:

ProFTPd 1.3.4d and prior

ProFTPd 1.3.5rc3 and prior

Vulnerability Severity:

Medium

Exploit Availability:

No Exploit Available

Exploit Impact:

Denial of ServiceExploitation of this vulnerability will render the service on the affected system unresponsive while the memory of the system is exhausted. Attackers can continue sending malicious payloads to continue the denial of service condition indefinitely.